Later in the night, Scar returns to Pride Rock and breaking the terrible news of Mufasa and Simba's deaths to the pride. Production began in 1991 concurrently with Pocahontas, which wound up attracting many of Disney's top animators. He teaches life lessons to Kimba after his death. Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Won), Best Original Song for "Hakuna Matata" (Nominated), Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Won), Best Original Song for "Circle of Life" (Nominated), Best Individual Achievement for Story Contribution in the Field of Animation (Won), Best Individual Achievement for Artistic Excellence in the Field of Animation (Nominated, lost to, Best DVD Classic Film Release in 2004 (Nominated, lost to, BAFTA Award for Best Sound (Nominated, lost to, Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (Nominated, lost to, BMI Film Music Award for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Won), Most Performed Song from a Film "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Won), Best Vocal Performance Male to Elton John for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Won), Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Nominated, lost to "Streets of Philadelphia" from, Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Nominated, lost to "Streets of Philadelphia" from, Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for "Circle of Life" (Nominated, lost to "Streets of Philadelphia" from, Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (Nominated, lost to, Best Villain for Jeremy Irons (Nominated, lost to Dennis Hopper for, Best Song From A Movie for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Nominated, lost to "Big Empty" from. "[41] On its first weekend, The Lion King made $2.7 million from 66 locations, a $27,664 per theater average. It was scheduled to be released on Digital HD on August 15, 2017 and Blu-Ray and DVD on August 29. The film has led to many derived works, such as a Broadway adaptation; two direct-to-video follow-ups—the sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), and the prequel/parallel, The Lion King 1½ (2004); two television series, Timon and Pumbaa and The Lion Guard; a 3D re-release in 2011; and a photorealistic remake in 2019, which also became the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) â€“ Mike Mayo. The wise Rafiki tracks Simba down and summons Mufasa's ghost for Simba. The film's soundtrack was provided both in its original Dolby 5.1 track and in a new Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix, making this one of the first Disney DVDs so equipped. [2] After its initial run, having earned $763.4 million,[71] it ranked as the highest-grossing animated film of all time, the highest-grossing film of Walt Disney Animation Studios,[72] and the highest-grossing film of 1994. Reprint edn (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Don Hahn explained that eight years after The Lion King got its original release, "there was a whole new generation of kids who haven't really seen it, particularly on the big screen." Mufasa is killed by Scar in order to usurp the throne. If truth be told, even for adults it is downright strange. The Lion King was first released on VHS and Laserdisc in the United States on March 3, 1995, under the "Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection" series. "[107] The New Yorker's Terrence Rafferty considered that despite the good animation, the story felt like "manipulat[ing] our responses at will", as "Between traumas, the movie serves up soothingly banal musical numbers and silly, rambunctious comedy". The show had an international OVA film titled Around the World with Timon & Pumbaa released in 1996. Additionally, a song which was not present in the original theatrical film, was later added to the IMAX theater and Platinum Edition releases: The following songs that are sung in the film, but are not included on the soundtrack : The film's original motion picture soundtrack was released on July 13, 1994. [20] English actors Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell were originally considered for the role of Scar,[21] however, it was ultimately won by English actor Jeremy Irons. For its 2019 remake, see, In 2012, the category was merged back into, Allers, Roger; Hahn, Don, and Minkoff, Rob (1995). [184][185] On November 1, 2017, Beyoncé and Chiwetel Ejiofor were officially confirmed to voice Nala and Scar, with Eric Andre, Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, and Shahadi Wright Joseph joining the cast as the voices of Azizi, Shenzi, and Kamari, young Simba, and young Nala, respectively, while Hans Zimmer would return to score the film's music. The plot is altered and new dialogue was recorded to accommodate the presence of the three main protagonists (Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy). [90] It held off very well on its second weekend, again earning first place at the box office with a 27 percent decline to $21.9 million. The main title was developed by Westwood Studios, and published for PC and Amiga computers and the consoles SNES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. [28], John and Rice wrote five original songs for the film ("Circle of Life", "I Just Can't Wait to Be King", "Be Prepared", "Hakuna Matata", and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"), with John's performance of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" playing over the end credits. Online Dictionaries: Definition of Options|Tips Options|Tips This is not just the only Zulu dubbing ever made by Disney, but also the only one made in any African language, other than Arabic. [3][13] The filmmakers have said that the story of The Lion King was inspired by the Joseph and Moses stories from the Bible and William Shakespeare's Hamlet. It won six Tony Awards including Tony Award for Best Musical. [70] Early production artwork on the film's Platinum Edition DVD even includes a white lion. The plot was centered in a battle being between lions and baboons with Scar being the leader of the baboons, Rafiki being a cheetah,[9] and Timon and Pumbaa being Simba's childhood friends. Both Zazu and Pauly mentor the main character even when they are in trouble. The Lion King Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. [55][56], The Platinum Edition cover for The Lion King, On October 7, 2003, the film was re-released on DVD for the very first time ever, titled The Lion King: Special Edition, as part of Disney's Platinum Edition line of animated classic DVDs. [146][147] Matthew Broderick believed initially that he was, in fact, working on an American version of Kimba since he was familiar with the Japanese original. [179] In April 2017, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen joined the film as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively. Hamas was portrayed as a lion that chased and killed rats that bore the likenesses of members of the secular Fatah organization in Gaza. Simba walks up Pride Rock and heard Mufasa's ghost appears in the clouds, then Simba roars in which all the lionesses join. The animation leads for the main characters included Mark Henn on young Simba, Ruben A. Aquino on young adult Simba, Andreas Deja on Scar, Aaron Blaise on young Nala, Anthony DeRosa on young adult Nala, and Tony Fucile on Mufasa [13] Nearly 20 minutes of the film, including the "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" sequence,[14] were animated at the Disney-MGM Studios facility. Rafiki presents Simba, the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, to the animals of the Pride Lands. [136] The film also received two nominations at the British Academy Film Awards, for Best Sound as well as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music although it lost in both categories to Speed and Backbeat respectively. A fight ensues with the lionesses, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki and Zazu against the hyenas while Simba confronts Scar alone at the top of Pride Rock. [77] The average of $793,377 per theater stands as the largest ever achieved during a weekend[78] and it was the highest-grossing opening weekend on under 50 screens, beating the record set by Star Wars (1977) from 43 screens. He then grows up with them. I Just Can't Wait to Be King (2019 soundtrack), The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2019 soundtrack), Can You Feel the Love Tonight (2019 soundtrack), The Lion Guard (Music from the TV Series), 46th highest-grossing feature film of all time, Disney: Notes on the end of the Disney Renaissance, Thomas M. Disch's contract and film treatment, Weekend Report: 'Lion King' Regains Box Office Crown, 'Lion King' roars in 3D at the box office, Weekend Report: 'Lion' Remains 'King,' 'Moneyball,' 'Dolphin Tale' Go Extra Innings, 'Lion King' chases off Brad Pitt to remain No. [63] The DVD releases have sold a total of 11.9 million units and grossed $220 million. Simba collapses in the wasteland after his escape but is found by Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat and warthog. [41], Upon release, The Lion King was accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign which included tie-ins with Burger King, Mattel, Kodak, Nestlé, and Payless ShoeSource, and various merchandise,[42] accounting 186 licensed products. [13] In September 1994, Disney pulled the film from movie theaters when its gross was $267 million[2] and announced it would be re-released during Thanksgiving in order to take advantage of the holiday season. Scar forces Simba towards the edge of a fiery Pride Rock to kill him, informing him that he killed King Mufasa. [75] The Lion King was also the highest-grossing G-rated film in the United States from 1994 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2019 until its total was surpassed by the computer-animated Toy Story 4 (2019) (unadjusted for inflation). The most notable use of computer animation is in the "wildebeest stampede" sequence. Some examples being "Lea Halalela" used as the song for "Shadowland" in the Broadway musical; and a reincarnation of "Warthog Rhapsody", called "That's All I Need", in The Lion King 1½. Zazu mentored Simba until Mufasa's death. [3] It is, as of December 2019, the only Disney film to have been dubbed in Zulu, the only African language aside from Arabic to have been used for a feature-length Disney dub. [7], The film was re-released on December 25, 2002 for the IMAX re-release and large-format theaters (from which it earned $15,686,215) and re-released on September 16, 2011 for the 3D re-release (from which it earned $94,242,001),[26] bringing the film's domestic total to $422,739,465. [155], Fred Ladd, who was involved early on with importing Kimba and other Japanese anime into America for NBC, expressed incredulity that Disney's people could remain ignorant. "[103], Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly praised the film, writing that it "has the resonance to stand not just as a terrific cartoon but as an emotionally pungent movie". It was the fourth-best-selling album of the year on the Billboard 200 and the top-selling soundtrack. Panja (Caesar) is killed by Viper Snakely (Ham Egg) in an attempt to rescue Eliza (Snowene) and Leo (Kimba) from being shipped to a zoo. [70], The Lion King grossed $422.8 million in North America and $545.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $968.5 million. [16] During the summer of 1992, the team was joined by screenwriter Irene Mecchi, with a second screenwriter, Jonathan Roberts, joining a few months later. "[96], The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 93% with an average score of 8.40/10, based on 130 reviews. [57] The VHS releases have sold a total of 32 million units in North America,[58] and grossed $520 million in sales revenue. A wildlife expert brought in a lion, baboon and some vultures to the film studios so the animators could study certain behaviors. Welcome to The Lion King Wiki, a collaborative database for everything related to the Lion King franchise: films, television series, books, comics, and more. "[151], Takayuki Matsutani, the president of Tezuka Productions which created Kimba the White Lion, said in 1994 that "[q]uite a few staff of our company saw a preview of 'The Lion King', discussed this subject and came to the conclusion that you cannot avoid having these similarities as long as you use animals as characters and try to draw images out of them". On release, the film drew some controversy in Japan for its similarities to Osamu Tezuka's 1960s anime series Kimba the White Lion. [177] In February 2017, Favreau announced that Donald Glover had been cast as Simba and that James Earl Jones would be reprising the role of Mufasa. Some time after the staff traveled to Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya to research the film's setting and animals, Scribner left production, disagreeing with the decision to turn the film into a musical, and was replaced by Minkoff. [9] Thirteen of these supervising animators, both in California and in Florida, were responsible for establishing the personalities and setting the tone for the film's main characters. [57] A second disc, with bonus features, was also included in the DVD release. The film would go on to win three Golden Globes; for Best Motion Picture â€“ Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John and Tim Rice[132] as well as two Academy Awards, for Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer) and Best Original Song with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". Later that day, Scar tells Simba that the shadowy place is, in fact, an elephant graveyard. Happily, for those of us who generally stay far away from 'cartoons', they have succeeded. Development of The Lion King began in 1988 during a meeting between Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy E. Disney, and Peter Schneider while promoting Oliver & Company in Europe. [174] The following month, Jeff Nathanson was hired to write the script for the film. [65][88] The film opened at the number one spot on Friday, September 16, 2011, with $8.9 million[89] and finished the weekend with $30.2 million, ranking number one at the box office. The Lion King 1½ (also titled as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries) is a 2004 American/Australian direct-to-video animated musical comedy-adventure film released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004. The film's animators, however, have stated that the letters spell "SFX" (a common abbreviation of "special effects"), and was intended as an innocent "signature" created by the effects animation team. The digital surround sound of the film led many of those theaters to implement Dolby Laboratories' newest sound systems. By 1990, producer Thomas Schumacher, who had just completed The Rescuers Down Under (1990), decided to attach himself to the project "because lions are cool". [12], In October 1991, Oliver & Company director George Scribner was the initial director of the film,[13] being later joined by Roger Allers, who was the lead story man on Beauty and the Beast (1991). Part of the main plot of The Lion King is retold in the 2005 Square Enix PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts II. King Simba also appears as a Summon and Summon Card in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, respectively. [9] Katzenberg also decided to add elements involving coming of age and death, and ideas from his personal life experiences, such as some of his trials in his bumpy road in politics, saying about the film, "It is a little bit about myself. High quality Laptop Stickers by independent artists and designers from around the world. The VHS edition of this release contained a special preview for Walt Disney Pictures' then-upcoming animated film Pocahontas, in which the title character (voiced by Judy Kuhn) sings the musical number "Colors of the Wind". Simba is reunited with his childhood friend, Nala, who urges him to return to the Pride Lands. [13], During production of The Lion King, most of the Disney Feature Animation staff and studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg felt The Lion King was a less important project than Pocahontas which was in production at the studio at the same time. Mufasa learns of Simba's predicament from Scar and braves the wildebeests by leaping into the gorge and carrying Simba to safety. Certain elements of the film were thought to bear a resemblance to Osamu Tezuka's 1960s Japanese anime television series, Jungle Emperor (known as Kimba the White Lion in the United States), with some similarities between a number of characters and various individual scenes. Known for voicing Deadpool / Wade Wilson, Nathan Drake, and Superboy / Conner Kent. [198] Timon and Pumbaa also appeared in Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games, a 1995 PC game collection of puzzle games by 7th Level, later ported to the SNES by Tiertex. [84], Internationally, the film grossed $455.8 million during its initial run, for a worldwide total of $768.6 million. [85][86][87] Film analyst Matt Roth described the film as a "the spadework for the ugly principles it [Disney] feels it must implant in each new generation. [34] By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a Standard score 0-100 rating to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 83 from the 14 reviews it collected. [195], Along with the film release, three different video games based on The Lion King were released by Virgin Interactive in December 1994. [105] James Berardinelli from ReelViews praised the film saying, "With each new animated release, Disney seems to be expanding its already-broad horizons a little more. Mufasa teaches life lessons to Simba both before and after his death. Matthew Broderick, the voice of Simba, believed initially that he was in fact working on a remake of Kimba, since he was familiar with the Japanese original. The True Lion King of Africa: The Epic History of Sundiata, King of Old Mali. [13] After the 6 months of story development work, Scribner resigned from his post as director, as he clashed with Allers with his intention of making a documentary-like film more focused on natural aspects, and also disagreed on turning the film into a musical. A Broadway adaptation of the film opened in 1997 and won six Tony Awards, including one for Best Musical. During its release in 1994, the film grossed more than $774 million worldwide,[7] becoming the most successful film released that year, and it is currently the 46th highest-grossing feature film of all time. View 535 images and 69 sounds of Charlie Adler's characters from his voice acting career. p.45. "Stereotypes & Racism in Children's Movies." [62] In accordance with the release of the film, a soundtrack will be released, titled Best of The Lion King. When Timon finds Pumbaa, he asks what's wrong and sees the lioness chasing him. He orders the hyenas to kill the cub, but Simba escapes. A third game was published in 2004 simply called The Lion King for Game Boy Advance in Europe and Asia, but was in fact a game based on the direct-to-video prequel/midquel The Lion King 1½ with Timon and Pumbaa as the playable characters. [1] It is the second highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide and the highest-grossing film of Walt Disney Animation Studios. During the conversation, the topic of a story set in Africa came up, and Katzenberg immediately jumped at the idea. The hyenas then yell to him that if he ever returns, they'll kill him. The film's soundtrack was provided both in its original Dolby 5.1 track and in a new Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix, making this one of the first Disney DVDs so equipped. Along with other Disney characters, several characters from The Lion King were featured in the 2001-2003 TV series Disney's House of Mouse, as well as its spin-off film Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. [4] The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) helped simulate camera movements such as tracking shots, and was employed in coloring, lighting, and particle effects. In the original of The Powerpuff Girls, she was voiced by Elizabeth Daily who also voices Tommy Pickles, Rudy Tabootie, and Shorty. [62] By means of seamless branching, the film could be viewed either with or without a newly created scene â€“ a short conversation in the film replaced with a complete song ("The Morning Report"). The film centers around Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers, the Outsiders. Simba's curiosity is piqued, and he convinces his best friend Nala, a lioness cub, to come with him. Mark Mancina did the musical arrangements and new orchestral tracks. [87], In 2011, The Lion King was converted to 3D for a two-week limited theatrical re-issue and subsequent 3D Blu-ray release. [8] Afterwards, several of the lead crew members, including Allers, Scribner, Hahn, Chapman, and production designer Chris Sanders, took a trip to Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya, in order to study and gain an appreciation of the environment for the film. [64] Overall, the Diamond Edition release topped the Blu-ray charts with over 1.5 million copies sold. The Lion King is the most mature (in more than one sense) of these films, and there clearly has been a conscious effort to please adults as much as children. [77] Due to the controversy it had caused, the scene was edited for the film's 2003 DVD and VHS releases, and the flowers and grass leaves no longer formed any letters. [13] During pre-production in 1991, several of the lead crew members, including the directors, producer, story supervisor Brenda Chapman, and production designer Chris Sanders, took a trip to Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya, in order to study and gain an appreciation of the environment for the film.
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